See!!
In English, if someone says or does something that proves a point I had made, I might say, "See!" (as in, "See! I told you!" or "See! Just like I was saying!") This came up when I was attempting to speak with a native Spanish speaker. I told her I was learning the language. I said, "Estoy aprendido." She nicely corrected me to "Estoy aprendiendo". I wanted to say "See! That proves I'm still learning!"
Is there a similar expression in Spanish'
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I agree with Pablo and Robert: our "¿Ves'" is pretty much the same as "See'".
Some cultures would use "ve" instead, but this has a slightly different meaning.
Ve, vamos a la tienda. = Hey, let's go to the store.
More than a slightly different meaning: "¿Ves'" is the verb "ver", and the exhortation "¡ve!" is the verb "ir".
Ya ves? is the literal translation, but you don't have to use two words you can also say "'Ves? and that would have the same effect.
Ves = See
Some cultures would use "ve" instead, but this has a slightly different meaning.
Ve, vamos a la tienda. = Hey, let's go to the store.
You can even put all these expressions together and say:
'¿Ves? Te lo dije que no hablo bien el Español.? = 'See? I told you! I don't speak Spanish well.'
¿Ya ves? ¡Te dije que aún (todavía) estoy aprendiendo!
You see? I told you that I'm still learning!
Yeah, I hear Paralee say ¡¿Viste'! sometimes on the lessons, I never did know what it meant though...
I would hear people say ¡¿Viste'! a lot using it in pretty much the same way as See'!
There seem to be several options: "si ves", "ya ves" or "ves'.
Gracias para todos!
In English, if someone says or does something that proves a point I had made, I might say, "See!" (as in, "See! I told you!" or "See! Just like I was saying!") This came up when I was attempting to speak with a native Spanish speaker. I told her I was learning the language. I said, "Estoy aprendido." She nicely corrected me to "Estoy aprendiendo". I wanted to say "See! That proves I'm still learning!"
Is there a similar expression in Spanish?
Perhaps, I'm reading too much into this, but to me it seems that you are looking for a single word that would share the same 3 nuances in Spanish as the word see has in English.
See
context 1. I told you so.
context 2. Just like what I was saying.
context 3. That proves that...
Spanish word
context 1. I told you so.
context 2. Just like what I was saying.
context 3. That proves that...
So you want to know what that Spanish word is. I haven't seen an answer posted so far.
Actually, I think that might prove impractical to look for synonyms between the two languages that also share many of the same connotations in both languages. (even though there are words like pasar, andar, hacer that have so many shades of meaning that you could find a synonym with 3 shared nuances.
You could of told her "No hablo español bien, pero estoy aprendiendo." which means "I don't speak Spanish well, but I am learning."
I would say: ¿si ve/ves'
In English, if someone says or does something that proves a point I had made, I might say, "See!" (as in, "See! I told you!" or "See! Just like I was saying!") This came up when I was attempting to speak with a native Spanish speaker. I told her I was learning the language. I said, "Estoy aprendido." She nicely corrected me to "Estoy aprendiendo". I wanted to say "See! That proves I'm still learning!"
Is there a similar expression in Spanish?
Not being a native, I would use "como ves" which "means as you can see", however, there may be a simple one word answer so wait for more replies.
